(2016 Question) Compared with traditional financing methods, project financing is characterized by ( ).

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This question is about the characteristics and procedures of project financing. One of the main problems of project financing, when compared with traditional financing methods, is the higher relative cost of raising funds and the longer time required to organize the financing. Project finance is extensive and complex in structure. It takes longer to organize project financing, and the large amount of preliminary work and limited recourse nature of project financing results in a higher cost of financing than traditional financing methods.